Maria Montessori
Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori was an Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education and her writing on scientific pedagogy. At an early age, Montessori enrolled in classes at an all-boys technical school, with hopes of becoming an engineer. She soon had a change of heart and began medical school at the Sapienza University of Rome, becoming one of the first women to attend medical school in Italy; she graduated with honors in 1896.
Background
- Born in
- Chiaravalle
- Educated at
- Sapienza University of Rome
- Awards
- 🏆 Knight of the Legion of Honour🏆 Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Amsterdam
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"If a child finds no stimuli for the activities which would contribute to his development, he is attracted simply to 'things' and desires to posses them."
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Timeline
1870
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Died
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